Basically, a kid who's almost 7ft tall and close to 300lbs who's athletic and not "fat". Also seems to have a good head on his shoulders and is an intimidating force around the basket.

In case you hadn't noticed... those don't really grow on trees.

Honestly... at this point... he's looking like everything Oden was SUPPOSED to be if he didn't get injured.

You're comparing Drummond to Oden? LOL... that shows how much you really know about both of them. Before you make these crazy comparisons let the guy play a real game. Oden was drafted before Kevin Durant... that's gotta tell you what people thought of Oden back then. Drummond drafted 9th... he isn't anything close to Greg Oden.

You're comparing Drummond to Oden? LOL... that shows how much you really know about both of them. Before you make these crazy comparisons let the guy play a real game. Oden was drafted before Kevin Durant... that's gotta tell you what people thought of Oden back then. Drummond drafted 9th... he isn't anything close to Greg Oden.

Yes.... which just makes our passing Drummond even more curious (and frankly, disappointing).

EVERYONE knew that Durant was going to be a stud. You could have forgiven POR if they had decided to take him #1.

Did anyone even know who Ross was before draft night?

To answer your last question. Yes. If you watch college basketball and especially the PAC 12, you would know that they would sometimes not shut up about the kid. I remember watching a Washington/Washington St. game last season and all I heard about was how even though Wroten was getting more publicity, Ross was the all around better player. Heck I remember him playing a great game against Colorado in Colorado (who last year, were a really good home team and crappy road team).

I personally, didn't think he would go that high, however I can understand it. If Washington didn't go to the NIT and went to the dance, he wouldn't have been such a secret. Fact is, no one really pays attention to Pac-12 teams save for UCLA and maybe USC.

ya, I wasn't good enough to be a point guard, and not big enough to make it in college as a decent 2.... still loved it though...... shooting a basketball is very Zen for me.

that's.. wierd

they involve different skills. A sg job is mostly to score, move well without the ball so as to get into positions to score and create space for others.

a pg's job is more hands-on with the ball, with less focus on scoring, and more on creating and distributing.

saying sg are sg because they aren't good enough to be pg is absurd. My ball handling was never good enough for me to be a pg, so I had to adapt my game in middle school. When I grew and as a result got stronger, I had to adapt my game again to play more in the post. It was just a plus having been a pg, sg, sf, and pf because I earned many traits which allowed me to exploit my opponent based on what I had on him, i.e quickness, size, shooting...